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Security & Self-Custody Quiz

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What does 'not your keys, not your coins' mean?

Custodial balances are insured against theft or loss The custodian can recover your keys for you if they are lost A hardware wallet removes the need to manage keys If someone else holds the keys, they control the funds

Who legitimately needs your seed phrase?

An official portal during a network upgrade Wallet support staff, to diagnose a failed sync Your exchange, only during a verified account recovery Nobody — anyone asking is a scammer

What does an optional passphrase add?

A built-in recovery option if the seed is lost A second checksum word for the seed An extra secret layer on top of the seed Automatic encryption of the blockchain sync

What's the safest place for a seed backup?

A reputable password manager's secure-notes field A self-hosted encrypted email draft Offline paper or metal you control An encrypted cloud drive secured with two-factor login

Why is leaving your Monero on an exchange long term considered risky?

Coins held there miss the staking rewards that self-custodied XMR earns The exchange holds the keys, so it can be hacked, freeze you out, or become insolvent Your funds are converted to the exchange's stablecoin while stored Exchanges quietly deduct a custody fee from your balance each day

What is the serious trade-off of adding a passphrase to your seed?

It permanently changes your primary address, breaking saved invoices The seed alone still exposes your real balance to anyone who finds it It must be re-entered and re-synced from scratch on every device If you forget it, the funds are gone, since there is no checksum or recovery

A good seed backup plan should defend against which three threats at once?

Loss, theft, and disaster Inflation, key reuse, and exchange insolvency Node downtime, chain forks, and reorgs Phishing, malware, and clipboard hijacking

How do you prove that your seed backup actually works?

Verify the checksum word matches the one your wallet displays Confirm all 25 words appear in the standard wordlist Re-open the wallet file and confirm the balance is unchanged Restore it into a fresh empty wallet and confirm it produces the same primary address

What does clipboard-hijacking malware do, and how do you defend against it?

It corrupts the wallet cache; defend by resyncing from a fresh node It swaps a copied address for the attacker's; defend by checking the first and last characters It reroutes your node connection; defend by pinning a trusted node It logs your keystrokes; defend by using an on-screen keyboard

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If you protect your wallet with an optional passphrase, what will your heirs need to recover it?

A view-key export plus the original device The wallet password and the wallet cache file Both the seed phrase and the passphrase The 25-word seed and the wallet's restore height

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